communication skills; communication ability
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
something; some kind of; for some reason
ruler; monarch; sovereign
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
emigration and immigration
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
stairs; stairway; staircase
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
rustling; refreshing; clearly
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
moment; brief space of time
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
pleasant feeling; good vibes